Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

------on a new mayoralty instead of proper services. When does the Government intend to publish this important legislation in view of the state of our building societies? Why, in God's name, are we treating the local government (Dublin mayor and regional authority) Bill as if it were terribly urgent? It is an absolute joke that we are to spend money on another regional authority for Dublin when we have four already and four mayors while we are awaiting legislation to transfer responsibility for building societies to the Department of Finance. Where are the Government's priorities in all of this, if we are talking about saving the State money?

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